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WILLIAM ROEMER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CATCH FOR BAG-FRAMES, 84c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,902, dated February 27, 1883.

' Application filed December 14, 1882. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ROEMER, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improved Catch for Bag-Frames and the like, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a plan or top view of my improved catch; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal central section of the same; Fig. 3, a sectional end view of the same 5 Fig. 4, a detail bottom view of the hook part of the catch, and Fig. 5 an enlarged cross-section of the catch.

The object of this invention is to produce for use on bag-frames, satcheLframes, pocketbook frames, and analogous structures a holding-catch which will perform the function of retaining the frame in the closed position, and which will allow it to be readily opened without straining any part of the frame in opening, without requiring any pivotal action of the holding part of the catch, and without necessitating the use of more than one hand in the act of opening or closing.

- The invention consists in combining with a hook-shaped and doubly-tapered catch-body, which is attached to one part of the frame, a spring bolt or bolts, the said bolt being adapted to enter by longitudinal motion automatically into and recede from the cavity or receivingrecess of the hook.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents one part and the letter B the other part of a frame such as is used for satchels, traveling-bags, pocket-books, or the like. The" two parts of the frame are hinged or pivoted together in the usual or any other suitable manner, and are of any desired construction. To the part A of the frame is rigidly fastened the hook-shaped catch-body G, which I term hook-shaped because of the preferable form indicated for it in Figs. 3 and 5, but which may be a simple plate with a hole in it, and still operate substantially as the catch shown and this catch-body C may have a suitable upward or outward projection, a, which will serve as a handle for grasping it. In a casing or shell,D,fastened upon the other part, B, of the frame are contained, according to Fig. 2 of the drawings, two slides or bolts, b and d, which are pressed toward one another by suitable springs or cushions, e, and which, at their contiguous ends, are beveled or tapered, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. At the place where these bolts b dzmeet, the shell D is cut away transversely, so that the catch 0 may, when the bag is to be closed, enter the shell at its cutaway portion, and, crowding apart the two slides or bolts 1) d, carry its beak beyond them, whereupon the said slides or bolts will, by their springs, be again pushed toward one another behind said beak, thus holding the bag closed. The bevel of the bolts b cl facilitates the closing action of the entire attachment-that is, all that is necessary to close the bag is to bring the two parts of its frame into the proper contact position, the catch being automatic in engaging the parts of the frame in the closed position, and holding. them there.

To open the bag it is only necessary to pull one part of the frame away from the other part in the opposite direction from that in which they move when closing. In so doing the beak of the book 0 willagain encounter the beveled contiguous ends of the bolts 1) d, will push them asunder and escape from contact with them, when the'open position shown in Fig. 3 is reached, the closed position being shown in Fig. 5.

By this improvement a very simple catch, particularly adapted for small but also useful on larger bags, is produced, one that will not be liable to get out of order, and one that will allow the opening and closing of the bag without straining any of the parts. 7 I desire, in this connection, to contrast this catch particularly with the well-known pocket book fastener consisting of twoknobs or buttons carried on projections of the frame parts, and adapted to pass the one slightly behind the other. Frames having such knob-fasteners 9 can only be opened by straining their hinges in the act of pushing one knob longitudinally past the other, whereas in my improvement the hinges or connections of the parts A B of the frame are left entirely undisturbed by any 5 action of the catch itself.

Although I have shown the best form into which my invention can be clothed -to wit, the combination of the catch-body C with two slides or bolts, b d, each being acted upon 1 by a' spring or cushion behind it--nevertheless I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the use of the two movable parts I) I asunder when the bag is to be opened; and I d, as the catch will operate with good success it only one movable bolt of the kind described is used, or if one such movable bolt is used in coilinection with a stationary or immovable b0 t.

The shell D may be of any other form than that shown, and may be replaced by any other mechanical contrivance that will hold and guide the movable bolt or bolts.

1 have stated that the ends of the bolts or slides b d are tapering, the tapers having for their object the automatic operativeness of the device-namely, to allow said bolts to be moved asunder whenever the catch-body O is pushed between them; but it is quite clear that instead of tapering the contiguous ends of said bolts or slides, the same effect will be produced by tapering the front or entering end of the hook-body O, and also the rear end thereofthat is, that end which pushes the said bolts desire it to be clearly understood that such a double wedge form of the catch-body 0 shown in Fig. 4 is by me deemed the equivalent of 2 the taper of the bolts.

I clain1 1. In combination with the parts A B of a bag or pocket-book frame, the doubly-tapered catch -body 0 and the longitudinally-sliding o bolt 1) and its spring or cushion e, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

2. The combination ot the doublytapered catch-body O with the bolts 1) d and springs e e, 5 substantially as described.

This specification of my invention signed by me this 9th day of December, 1882.

WILLIAM ROEMER.

Witnesses:

HARRY M. TURK, WILLY G. E. SCHULTZ. 

